Director. - Anonymous employee Condé Nast Employee Review

Oh let me count the ways. I worked on several brands at Condé Nast and excelled in sales. My last position, I worked for a publisher at a high end fashion magazine (not Vogue) who once asked me how to spell KOHLER when I broke the account and asked her to at least send an email to the client (she never travelled to my territory). At one of our signature events her after party consisted of going to an IN and OUT burger and tossing her cookies in the parking lot. Classy. This was my publisher. Fast forward, when The magazine did not make their September numbers, there had to be cost cutting - so solution was to close the outside office and despite my being 150% of goal, my position was eliminated. I was owed a very sizable Commission check but instead of doing the right thing of paying it out, I am sure she added that to her bottoms line. Since then she has been shifted to another area of the company. And a side note. When I was in TX calling on a big retailer with my publisher and EIC, after the meeting they took off in their car service and left me standing in the Dallas corporate offices.